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I'm not sure I liked it enough to buy a 2nd set though. I still want...about 25 other sets. Hahaha I'm hoping to get the Haunted House soon. Worried I'll miss it and it'll become one of those sets on Amazon that's like $2,000. (or some equally ridiculous price)

ahh, I suppose that makes sense. I see this thread was moved, no matter where I put a thread it gets moved. Hahaha Start a general discussion Lego thread about Lego in General Discussion? It gets moved to Community. Start a Lego thread about a Creator set in the Creator section? It gets moved to LEGOtown. Very confusing, that. There's so many sections too,..I make an effort to post in what seems to be the appropriate spot,..but I guess I'm not. This is a fun board though, and I've been a bit surprised at how nice people have been. I'm more used to fandoms that are.....verbally violent? ...and newbies usually get chewed on. Interesting that that hasn't been the experience here. ...I know the first time I mentioned Kreo I was expecting a tongue lashing and was pretty surprised when it didn't happen. Blondie you've been very helpful, thank you. ..and I've read some of the Lego Historian threads and they're pretty interesting too. I'm not quite prepared to get that deep into the hobby, music takes up 90% of my life,...but it's still really cool to be able to come here late at night and have interesting and informative things to read. This seems like a pretty cool board for brick enthusiasts.

yeah, I could see that. But that was also my complaint,..it only seems to be good for building a mountain. What if you don't want to build a mountain and were just hoping for some extra grey bricks? ...it's probably a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' scenario. People may complain either way I suppose. My only other complaint about my Lego kits is the thick green plates that came with the 2 Creator sets are great,..the 2 floppy thin green plates that came with the Pet Shop seem pretty cheap in comparison. ..I was actually really surprised when I pulled them out of the Pet Shop box,...I was like, "WTF is this?" Was expecting thick ones like the Creator building plates I guess. ..the Pet Shop ones feel cheap in comparison. But,...this is all new to me, so I imagine a lot of stuff that's common knowledge for most AFOLs are coming as a surprise to me. Like I said I didn't have them as a kid,...I had some GI Joes and He Mans, some Star Wars and maybe a couple Thundercats,..but for the most part my 'toy' from childhood was Guitar. And at around 10 I started playing seriously and put all my 'toys' behind me for the next 20+ years. In the past couple months I've discovered you can 'play' with things besides Guitar. ...it actually feels sort of weird having a hobby. I never had one before. Hahaha It's fun though. I don't mean to complain so much, I'm actually really enjoying this hobby very much.

those are great!

Wow, that's really impressive.

Thank you very much,...so much to learn when you take on a new interest I suppose. But that was a really great answer, thank you. I currently have the instruction manual in between a piece of wood and the wood floor, with about 5 guitar cases sitting on top of it. ...hopefully it'll be flat soon. You mentioned the bagged and cardboard backed manuals, that's exactly how they came in the Pet Shop kit and I thought that was really great. I wouldn't expect that in a $20. kit I suppose, but it was a really nice surprise to see that as well as a built in flap to keep the box closed. (I cut a flap into my 2 Creator kits to get the same effect.) For some reason one of my cats loves Lego and I suspect she thinks they're all for her,...so I have to keep the boxes closed or she'll dig into them. ...because of this making a pile of bricks isn't an option either,...I've been using the large Optimus Prime Kreo box as a dumping ground for all my builds so I can keep all the pieces in one spot while I work. ...she still tries to get them though. It's odd,..she's really fascinated with them. My other cat couldn't care less. Hahaha Also thank you for the 'BURP' breakdown, I'd not heard that term yet. I think part of the disappointment was realizing that instead of a bunch of grey bricks, I really got a lot of tiny little 1x1 round studs. With the part number being 500+ on the box I just wasn't expecting so many of those pieces to be tiny little studs and such,..I was expecting more bricks. There's really not a lot of plate/flat pieces or bricks in this set it seems like. But there's seemingly hundreds of tiny little pieces. ...almost feels like the part count was padded out a bit. Just not what I was expecting I suppose. Been very happy with the other 3 kits though,..so 3 out of 4 isn't a terrible ratio.

Thanks. Like I said I'm new to all this, I didn't have Lego as a kid, so some of these 'tricks of the trade' I guess I'm figuring out the hard way. Was just disappointing is all. ...and as an avid reader and book lover,..it really bothers me how poorly packaged the manuals are. I hate seeing books mistreated,..even if it's just an instruction manual. Plus it's very frustrating trying to lay the book down on the table that wants to keep closing and reverting to it's crushed ball status. I just think Lego being the originators and the #1 Brick Building Company can and should do better. If I'm going to pay more for Lego brand I expect it to be better then Kreo brand.

Had my first disappointing Lego experience yesterday. I'm new to Lego and only have 4 sets. The Pet Shop, a small Coast Guard Seaplane, the Creator Treehouse, and yesterday I picked up the Mountain Cabin (because I thought the treehouse was clever.) I also have 3 Kreo Transformer sets (Optimus Prime, Starscream, Megatron.) I've only been playing with plastic bricks for a couple months. But yesterday for the first time I had a disappointing experience with Lego. Once I opened the Mountain Cabin box I noticed one of the instruction manuals was crushed, literally crushed into a ball and shoved into the box (it was not a return I made sure the factory tape was still sealed.) I hate that because the books wont lay down flat and it's just a terrible thing to do to a book. Especially since my Kreo kits open nicely like a briefcase, the books are flat, and you can use the box as a sorting tray. I guess I've been spoiled by this and I was surprised that it wasn't until I bought the $150. Pet Shop kit that I got a flat book and a storage case with a built in flap that could keep closed. But what really got me was I was looking forward to getting a whole bunch of grey bricks to add to the collection. The 'mountain' I thought was a large stack of grey bricks. But it isn't,..it's mostly 2 very large hollow pieces that you add a few little bits too here and there. Even my GF thought that was pretty lame and kind of a cheat. On top of that once the model is completed like on the box, you realize the mountain only really looks good from one side (the side facing the house). If you view it from the other side it's completely open and hollow,..the entire upper part of the mountain is hollow. I realize this isn't a big deal and in the grand scheme of things ruined directions and a hollow mountain are no big deal. But it was still very disappointing. I didn't get a pile of grey bricks to add to the collection like I'd hoped,....and I find it really bothers me that "the cheap knockoff brand Kreo" <--what I've seen them called) has such better packaging and instruction books. Even the paper stock and binding is better than what Lego offers at the same price point. But since the entire purpose of these building bricks is to build things, it feels like such a cheat that I now have 2 large hollow 'mountain' pieces, that as far as I can see are only good for making a small mountain. It seems like a real cop out. Some things I liked about the kit, so this isn't a totally negative post: The micro builds were cool. The fireplace with the skull on it, the chest of drawers with a light, the outside porch light, the small eagle, and the ATV I thought were all pretty clever little builds. ..the fireplace probably being my favorite. (I think the skull was a really nice touch.) Anyway, I find it a bit of a shame that it wasn't until I bought a $150. Lego kit that I got instructions that aren't crushed, and a box that can be closed. And I watched a couple reviews of the Mountain Cabin before I purchased and no one seemed to feel like mentioning the 2 large hollow pieces that make up the Mountain, and I found that rather disappointing because getting a pile of grey bricks was one of the reasons I chose this kit. I'm choosing kits based on 2 things. Whether I think the model it makes is interesting, but also what I think I can make with the pieces the model provides. This I'm learning is the biggest drawback to purchasing kits online, is that I can't see the box to see the list of pieces inside the box. (or I'd have seen the 2 big pieces on the side panel.) So anyway like I said not a huge deal, but somewhat disappointing. ...and I just don't understand why the manuals are on cheap paper that's stapled together, and shoved/crushed into the boxes. Both my Creator kits have folded and dented manuals,...but one of the Cabin ones is pretty brutalized. It's not just folded, it's crushed. That shouldn't happen. Not when the competition is making much nicer manuals and usable packaging. Lego could learn something from Kreo. (and shouldn't it be the opposite?)

Cool, thank you.

I haven't been to the Lego store yet, is it possible to just buy a whole bunch of heads with different expressions on them? or do you have to build an actual full figure?

I'm new to this too, but I've been separating them into: Flat pieces/plates, Block pieces, Small pieces/accessories. And then bagging them up in big freezer bags with the sliding lock-thing at the top. I take them apart almost as soon as they're together. The fun is in the building for me. (plus I figure they'll just get dusty and nasty sitting around...and possibly form stress cracks of some kind.)

No hands. It's cool when they 'magically build themselves.'

I have 3 Kre-O sets (Optimus with trailer, Megatron, Starscream),..they make great vehicles and don't feel cheap or knock-off'ish in the slightest. Haven't tried Mega-Blocks. With the exception of one kit that's a bi-pedal Mech (Halo),...none of them interest me and a lot of them look boring to me. and the character/figures lack charm and distinction. So,...Lego or Kre-O for me. I have nothing bad to say about my Lego or Kre-O sets. (new Lego modular gets delivered tomorrow. Yay for Happy Plastic Day!)

another vote for..

Nice job, I like how you did the collar bones.

Impressive!

I'm keeping mine. But I really only own books, clothes, and music equipment. So I have plenty of room (rooms even) for just Lego.

Some screen caps, the bricks got a serious hero style close up. Also I had the time frame wrong, it's at about the 31-32 minute mark. Now that I look closely I see a dimple in the stud, so I guess they're not Lego brand but Kre-O? They were called Lego in the show though I'm pretty sure,...I'll check again. edit: my apologies, he doesn't use the word, he just says, "thanks for grabbing these." and "I'm not ashamed they're for ages 4 to 12." Rick pats his shoulder and says, "you shouldn't be." Sorry if my enthusiasm for seeing bricks in the show made me commit a Lego forum faux pas

In a flashback to the prison you see a kid named Patrick sitting on the floor building with lego,..building a car. He looks to be about 15 or so. Rick walks by and Patrick thanks him for finding the bricks, Rick says something like, "no problem." Patrick responds, "I don't feel ashamed even though they're meant for kids 8-12" Rick answers, "You shouldn't" ...just thought that was kind of cool. Was not expecting a small discussion on Lego in the middle of a tv show about the Zombie Apocalypse. (scene was about 15 minutes or so into the episode) Kinda cool.

are they actually supposed to float? Is that why the bottom sections are solid? That makes sense but it seems like such a large, one purpose piece of plastic.

Some great responses. Judging from what I'd read online I was sort of bracing myself to get slammed for even mentioning Kre-o. Hikaro that's a cool MOC. I may have to rethink the Battleship Missouri set. When I first saw it all I noticed was that the bottom half of the ship looked like one big solid piece,..which was a bit of a turn off.

One of the odd things about Lego is the 'no war' rule, or whatever. I don't really get that. I mean there's lots of Pirates, Spaceships, Castles with catapults, Ninjas, Star Wars gunships, etc. There's 'violence' (if you want to view it that way) through a lot of the lego sets in a sense. Even Lego City has a strong police presence, so the crime there must be brutal. Seems like a weird double standard to me. "We don't want Military themes,..now pay no attention to all the passably violent themes we release." I get why they don't have Lego Transformers or GI Joe,...Hasbro would no doubt not want to give them the license,..they're competing toy companies. But what's the difference between a Lego Spaceship with missiles, or a Ninja with swords, or a Star Wars Gunship...from a Green Soldier and a Tank? ...just seems a bit weird to me. Especially just with the Star Wars line alone,....that's a war theme. *shrugs* I don't know,..not worth worrying about, but I do find it odd. ...mostly because I'd love to see some Lego Mechs and Tanks.

hahaha, yeah that wouldn't be pretty once launched.

The kreon figs are cool. I like their 'personality' and how posable they are.

Wait till your car gets 'hit and run' or broken into about 8 times in 5 years. That'll really make your blood pressure spike. "Hey you hit my car!" "No Habla!" *speeds off* <cue rage>